PER CURIAM.
Writ Granted in Part, Otherwise Denied. Louisiana criminal statutes must be "given a genuine construction, according to the fair import of their words, taken in their usual sense, in connection with the context, and with reference to the purpose of the provision." R.S. 14:3. The words provided by La.C.Cr.P. art. 573(1), taken in their usual sense, apply to charged offenses "based on any misappropriation of any money or thing of value by virtue of a defendant...
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